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    Love is a Dog From Hell

    By Charles Bukowski

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    A classic in the Bukowski poetry canon, Love Is a Dog from Hell is a raw, lyrical, exploration of the exigencies, heartbreaks, and limits of love.

    A book that captures the Dirty Old Man of American letters at his fiercest and most vulnerable, on a subject that hits home with all of us. Charles Bukowski was a man of intense emotions, someone an editor once called a “passionate madman.” Alternating between tough and gentle, sensitive and gritty, Bukowski lays bare the myriad facets of love—its selfishness and its narcissism, its randomness, its mystery and its misery, and, ultimately, its true joyfulness, endurance, and redemptive power.

    "there is a loneliness in this world so great

    that you can see it in the slow movement of

    the hands of a clock."

    Editor's Note

    Intimate vulnerability…

    More than just about any other writer, Bukowski embodies the strange, symbiotic relationship between vulnerability and cynicism; he feels too deeply to not have had the ravages of disappointment and betrayal take their toll.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMar 17, 2009
    ISBN9780061847011
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    Love is a Dog From Hell
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    Charles Bukowski

    Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) fue el último escritor «maldito» de la literatura norteamericana. En Anagrama se han publicado sus seis novelas, Cartero, Factótum, Mujeres, La senda del perdedor, Hollywood y Pulp; seis libros de relatos, Escritos de un viejo indecente, Erecciones,eyaculaciones, exhibiciones, La máquina de follar, Se busca una mujer, Música de cañerías e Hijo de Satanás; los libros autobiográficos Shakespeare nunca lo hizo y Peleando a la contra; los diarios de El capitán salió a comer y los marineros tomaron el barco; el libro de entrevistas con Fernanda Pivano Lo que más me gusta es rascarme los sobacos; los textos reunidos en Fragmentos de un cuaderno manchado de vino. Relatos y ensayos inéditos (1944-1990) y Ausencia del héroe. Relatos y ensayos inéditos (1946-1992), así como su biografía Hank. La vida de Charles Bukowski, de Neeli Cherkovski. En esta colección se ha publicado también un volumen con sus tres primeros libros de relatos (Escritos de un viejo indecente, La máquina de follar y Erecciones, eyaculaciones, exhibiciones).

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    • 5/5
      This is a book of poetry for those who hate poetry.

      It took me a mere... I don't know, 3-4 years to finish Love is a Dog from Hell. Not because of disinterest, but because Bukowski is like Raymond Carver.. you get so much in so little words.

      It takes time to digest a Bukowski poem, with each piece like a short story. Little glimpses into the day in the life of one of the most influential, and distasteful, poets. But in all its grime and sadness is beauty, and that is what Bukowski does best: whisky-laden love letters.
    • 5/5
      Escritor de outro nível.
    • 5/5
      I've read only a few of his books and have always been entertained. I plan to read all of his works.
    • 3/5
      Some of the poems in the book were pure genius and some were purely offensive, but that's Bukowski. I've never been a fan of the way he treated women but I do admire his writing and the raw honesty. I respect him as an artist even when I cringe at the words on the page, because true art always contains this honesty. That said, I will also say that this is not one of my favorites by the author simply because I don't relate to the author on the subject, so there was a bit of a disconnect. However, one of my favorite poems was the one titled by a phone number because I have had thousands of similar conversations. So while the book as whole was less appealing to me, it did have a few shining moments and these were worth the read.
    • 5/5
      Powerful touching stuff, the man had an ear for putting words together and an inner eye for seeing uniquely. He may have built this reputation by challenging many of the sacred cows of American culture but he will be remembered for the energy and emotion he put into such small spaces.

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    • 4/5
      Some of it was selfish rambling. Some of it was simply confession. Some poems captured the human condition, especially the aging human male condition, and threw it back in my face.
    • 4/5
      No holds barred poetry from the undisputed genius of plain speaking.
    • 5/5
      This is the first volume of Bukowski's poetry I have read and it is also apparently the most popular. That is for good reason I assure you. The poems range from existential if not misanthropic musings like "the crunch" to oddly humorous recollections like "my groupie". Bukowski's no frills, in your face verse about booze, women, and life in LA is showcased quite effectively in these poems. This book sucks you in, chews you up, and spits you out. An indispensable volume. If you've never read Bukowski, pick this up.